Dark Star Safari : Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Theroux, Paul - 2004

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. First McClelland Paperback Edition . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING # LINE TO 1. Very good white gray trade paperback. Slight use, black X bottom edge. (2004), 8vo, 472pp. "There is everything here for the red-blooded armchair traveller." Christopher Ondaatje "A rich and insightful travel book in the tradition that made Paul Theroux's reputation, Dark Star Safari takes us the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, forgotten train, and rusting steamer. Theroux confronts delay, discomfort, bullets, and bad food while encountering a remarkable mix of places and people. Beginning in Cairo and ending in Cape Town, he goes on the ultimate safari to the true heart of Africa, not the lavish game parks with overfed guests but the small villages of the bush and the filthy chaotic cities that define this forgotten continent"--Publisher's description